According to the USA Today database, Orsini earns a total salary of $431,944.

Rick Greenspan became athletic director at Rice in 2010.

University of Houston athletic director Mack Rhoades is the second-highest paid with an annual salary of $392,000, with a potential bonus of $75,000.

The average salary for C-USA athletic directors is $329,768. The figure does not take into consideration Rice (Rick Greenspan) and Tulane (Rick Dickson), whose salaries were not available.

UTEP athletic director Bob Stull has the highest bonus opportunity of $376,190, which could be reached based on the school’s on-field success and meeting certain academic goals.

USA Today compiled the list through open-records requests for all 120 FBS schools. Private schools with unlisted tax information, along with public schools that did not release an outside income report, were excluded from the list. The schools not included on the list: BYU, Miami (Fla.), Northwestern, Penn State, Rice, Southern California, Stanford, Temple and Tulane.